Sanding apparatus for locomotives.



U. E. RICHARDS.

SANDING APPARATUS 'FOR LOGOMOTIVBS.

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for locomotives or similar use, which issimfandlremoval of stones or matter which might ffobstruct theldischa-rge openings and pipe.

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. will enableothersskilled in the art to which -erence being ha'd to the accompanying drawf-overcoming or obviating any trouble from a partial cross section of the device. Fig. 2 25 ='or apparatus. Fig.. 3sh'ows details of a'lock lfor catch'for securing movable parts in xed, v"positions v VAteither end the shield or bottom 9 is CHARLES EDWARD RicnARDs Specification of Letters Patent.

PATENT OFFICE.

, OF BOONVILLEI,`NEW YORK.

` SANDING .APPARATUS FOR LOCOMOTIVES.

Patented Feb. 2, 1909.

`-appiicaxim ined ngvmbser s, 1906,? serial no, 341,972'. Renewed December 141908. serial No. 467,539.

{,-Beitfknown that I, CHARLES, EDWARD 1RICHARDS# of Boonville, in the .scounty of Oneida and State of New York, have invented certainnew and usefull Improvements in ASandingApparatus for Locomotives; and' l' doI hereby declarel that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which it-appertains to make and use the same, ref- ,fings,`- Iandto the letters ofreference marked -fple in construction, efiicientin o eration and lnwhich provision is particular y made for 'caked sand, and for 'the separation, discovery Figure 1 shows a partial side. elevation and` is -a longitudinal sectional view ofthe device i Referring to the reference letters and figures 'in a more particular description, Lindif 'cates the casing which may be mounted on the top of a locomotive boiler, as 2, in any convenient manner. This casing is provided at the Jtop With a removablecover 3 ada ted to close a filling opening in the top. TWlthin pivots 4-5 iny a horizontal position a pair of sand receptacles 6-6, which are dpreferably of cylindrical form and are ma e intercommunicating by means of a slotted opening l5. Each receptacle 6 is provided with an o ening having a removable cover '-7, whic is screw-threaded into closed position or other- Wise suitably secured, and is adapted'` to4 come opposite the opening' in the casing closed by the cover 3. The receptacles 6 are also each 'provided with a pair of discharge. 0 enings 8-8 adjacent to either end. iiVithin t e cas-ing 1 there is'provided a curved shield or bottoni Qin close proximity. to Which the .sides of the receptacles 6 are adapted to swing when being revolved on the journals provided with openings adapted 'to register with; the openings 8 in the receptacle 6. For cot'rolling these openings there are proviiie df gates or cut-offs consisting of a .revolving core 10 mounted iii-a casing 11, and having transverse openings 12 'adapted to register with said openings in the shield or bottom 9 and with the upper end of the pipes 13,

,which are eXtend-id, in the case of a locomotive, topoints auiacent to the track directly in advanceof me driving wheels. The openings in the shield and in the gates or cut-oils, as Well as the passage through the pipe 13, are larger than the openings 8, so that anything that passes openings'S will readily be passed and discharged by pipes 13.

For o erating the gates or cut-offs there is rovi'deon one end of the core 10 alever 14, yyfmeans of which it may be rotated'to a limited extent..l vIn order to secure the sand receptacles 6 in a superimposed position, as shown in either Figs. 1 or 2, and provide for rotation thereof to permit them to vbe inverted, there is provided on one end of the casing 1 a sliding gravity catch 14 adapted to yengage with ahead 15 on theouter end of the Yjou-rnal' 5, and this head 15 may also be arranged to receive fa suitable wrench, by means of which the sand receptacles may be Y. rotated within the. easing when the catch 14 1s' disengagedbv raising it upward a limited .distance .ci

Infoteiiiig the sand receptacles' some small portion might escape and pass through the openings 17 into the llower portion of the casing. In order to remove this the apparavtus is rsupplied with one or more pipes as 16 .by means of which a blast of compressed air, usually available on a locomotive, can be introduced inthe casing to blow out or clean out the dust and sand from the lower portion, and the dust and sand being thus removed is adapted to pass out through open-` ings 13a into pines 13. T he casing also being made closer the pressure of air inthe casing passing through the openings 13a serves to clean out the pipes 13.

' When the covers 3 and 7 are removed, the -receptacles 6 6 may be more or less filled "with sand,y thle sand from the upper recepta- `'ble Ending `ts Way into the lower one ythrough the lot 5 yuntil the lower one is full, the balance if any, remaininfr'in the upper receptacie. The sand may,I e discharged through the openings 9a and conveyed by the Ikpipes 13 te the rails' when the gatesor put-offs are'opened, and of course, When-the gates are closed the flow `will cease' YTo?determine whether the sandfin-.cunlioo " lower of said receptacles, substantially as setl dition to readily iiow when the gates are known that the sand is not calred and the a paratus is in operative condition. lf tie sand is more or less caked the reversal of the receptacles 6, if the bottom one is not full, will break u and suiiciently agitate it to start it llowing. lf the lower receptacle is full and caked upon reversal that fact will be ascertained and the same may be stirred until it starts to iiow through slot 5 properly. The slot 5 will be made relatively narrow so that any stone or other obstruction which will not pass throu h the openings 8 will be caught and will be ound in the upper receptacle and removed. As these receptacles are alternately on top these stones or obstructions are readily all discovered and removed, and can not for long obstruct a discharge o ening.

Wiliatl claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. The combination in a sanding apparatus Jfor locomotives, etc., of a pair of reversible, intercommunicating sand receptacles, and means for discharging sand from the forth.

2. The combination in a sanding apparatus for locomotives, etc., of a pair of reversible, intercommunicating sand receptacles, openings for discharge oi' sand from the lower receptacle, and a gate controlling the flow oi sand from said openings, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination in a sanding apparatus for locomotives, etc., of a pair of reversible, intercommunicating sand receptacles, means for mounting the receptacles for revolution in reversing and securing them in opl' erative osition, openings from both receptacles a apted to afford passages for the flow voi sand therefrom, and gates for controlling the flow of sand, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination in a sanding apparatus for locomotives, etc., of a pair of reversible, intercommunicating sand receptacles mounted on journals, a casing inclosing said receptacles and having a concave bottom adjacent to which the lower receptacle is adapted to\talre position, sand discharge o enings in said receptacles, openings in sai shield coincident with those of the receptacles, and a cut-ofi' controlling the o enings from the shield, substantially as set orth.

5. The combination in a sanding apparatus for locomotives, etc., of an inclosing casing having a concave bottom or shield free at either edge with reference to the casing, a two part reversible, interoommunicating sand receptacle mounted above the shield, and passages for withdrawing sand through said shield, and cut-offs controlling the passages through the shield, and means for supplying air under pressure within said casing, substantially as set forth.

6. The combination inI a sanding appara'- tus for locomotives, etc., of a closed casin lhaving a. movable sand receptacle locate therein, a discharge pipe leading from said receptacle and a gate controlling the iiow thereto, an opening into said pipe from the lower part of the casing, and means for su plying air under ressure to the casing, su stantially as set 'orth.

In witness whereof, I have aiixed my signature, in presence of two witnesses, this 29 day of Oct. 1906.

CHARLES EDWARD RICHARDS.

Witnesses:

SARAH E. CLARK, Gao. E. RENDELL. 

